This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Webinar – 2/26/21 – Shelter PALS CA Shelter Law Webinar: Community Cats – CalAnimals

Virtual

CalAnimals Presents: Interested in operating a legally compliant community cat program (CCP) in California? Then join us as lead attorneys from the San Francisco SPCA’s Shelter PALS (Shelter Policy and Legal Services) program, Brandy Kuentzel and Bruce Wagman, walk us through the legalities of community cats in California.

Free

Online Conference – 2/26/21 to 2/28/21 – United Spay Alliance (USA) Conference – Community Cats Podcast and USA (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast & United Spay Alliance Present (fee applies): Join CCP and United Spay Alliance as they partner up to offer a three-day virtual conference that will focus on all aspects of spay/neuter. You'll see presentations from all sorts of animal welfare experts on topics ranging from starting a low-cost spay/neuter program and funding spay/neuter services, to raising awareness in the community and more! You'll have opportunities to ask questions, hear what works and didn't work for professionals and volunteers from the community, and you'll come away with new ideas to help you control the pet population in your area.

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Online Conference – 2/26/21 to 2/28/21 – United Spay Alliance (USA) Conference – Community Cats Podcast and USA (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast & United Spay Alliance Present (fee applies): Join CCP and United Spay Alliance as they partner up to offer a three-day virtual conference that will focus on all aspects of spay/neuter. You'll see presentations from all sorts of animal welfare experts on topics ranging from starting a low-cost spay/neuter program and funding spay/neuter services, to raising awareness in the community and more! You'll have opportunities to ask questions, hear what works and didn't work for professionals and volunteers from the community, and you'll come away with new ideas to help you control the pet population in your area.

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Online Conference – 2/26/21 to 2/28/21 – United Spay Alliance (USA) Conference – Community Cats Podcast and USA (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast & United Spay Alliance Present (fee applies): Join CCP and United Spay Alliance as they partner up to offer a three-day virtual conference that will focus on all aspects of spay/neuter. You'll see presentations from all sorts of animal welfare experts on topics ranging from starting a low-cost spay/neuter program and funding spay/neuter services, to raising awareness in the community and more! You'll have opportunities to ask questions, hear what works and didn't work for professionals and volunteers from the community, and you'll come away with new ideas to help you control the pet population in your area.

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Webinar – 1/28/21 – Genetics of Dog Aggression – Dr. Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD – PPG (fee applies)

Virtual

Pet Professional Guild Presents (fee applies): What do (and don't) we know about how genetics affects canine aggression? In this webinar, Jessica Hekman will take a deep dive into her own area of research - how genetics affects personality in dogs. How much of canine personality is due to genetics and how much to environment? How do researchers track down genes related to personality? Have any such genes yet been found? Can we expect a genetic test for dog reactivity any time soon? In this webinar, Jessica will particularly address examples from human literature about traits that are similar to reactivity and aggression in dogs, why they are so hard to understand from a genetics viewpoint, and what the future holds for us.

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Online Conference – 2/28/21 to 3/5/21 – OAVT 2021 Conference – OAVT (fee applies)

Virtual

OAVT Presents (fee applies): The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) is proud to present the annual OAVT Conference in a virtual format. With best-in-class speakers from across North America, the OAVT 2021 Conference features over 40 hours of CE!

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Online Course – Starts 3/1/21 – RAT™: Relationship Assessment Tool – Certification Course with Suzanne Clothier (fee applies)

Virtual

Suzanne Clothier Presents (fee applies): RAT™ is a rapid assessment tool that provides clear information about each relationship. Whoever they may be, in every relationship the handler brings his or her habits, personalities, needs and style to interact with the dog, who also brings his own personality, patterns of response, needs and style. We need to work with the whole package. RAT™ is ideal for trainers, instructors, shelter workers, rescue groups, veterinarians, vet techs, breeders, service dog trainers, AAI/AAT and anyone interested in understanding and enhancing the dog/human relationship.

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Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund

Maddie's Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.

Free

Online Conference – 2/28/21 to 3/5/21 – OAVT 2021 Conference – OAVT (fee applies)

Virtual

OAVT Presents (fee applies): The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) is proud to present the annual OAVT Conference in a virtual format. With best-in-class speakers from across North America, the OAVT 2021 Conference features over 40 hours of CE!

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Online Conference – 2/28/21 to 3/5/21 – OAVT 2021 Conference – OAVT (fee applies)

Virtual

OAVT Presents (fee applies): The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) is proud to present the annual OAVT Conference in a virtual format. With best-in-class speakers from across North America, the OAVT 2021 Conference features over 40 hours of CE!

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Online Conference – 3/2/21 to 3/4/21 – Co-Sheltering Conference – My Dog Is My Home (fee applies)

Virtual

My Dog Is My Home Presents (fee applies): A first-of-its-kind conference focused on equity and access within social services for people and animals experiencing homelessness. Hear from experts in the fields of emergency housing, social services and animal welfare on everything from supporting the human-animal bond and advocacy for low-barrier policies to animal health and safety and building community partnerships. Enjoy curated storytelling segments, interactive activities and loads of giveaways.

$35 – $120

Webinar – 3/2/21 – When the Evidence Wags Its Tail – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

Virtual

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: There comes a time in every investigator’s career that cats and dogs are part of a case, whether centrally, as seen in situations of animal cruelty, or peripherally, as often seen in domestic violence calls. In many of these situations, you may need to document the animals’ condition without the assistance of a veterinarian or experienced humane law enforcement officer. Do you know what you are looking for, and what to put on the record? This webinar will take you through the basic logistics of documenting an animal’s condition- nose to tail- including physical and behavioral characteristics, how to make it part of the record so it holds up in court, and preserving your case when the evidence is alive.

Free

Online Conference – 2/28/21 to 3/5/21 – OAVT 2021 Conference – OAVT (fee applies)

Virtual

OAVT Presents (fee applies): The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) is proud to present the annual OAVT Conference in a virtual format. With best-in-class speakers from across North America, the OAVT 2021 Conference features over 40 hours of CE!

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Online Conference – 3/2/21 to 3/4/21 – Co-Sheltering Conference – My Dog Is My Home (fee applies)

Virtual

My Dog Is My Home Presents (fee applies): A first-of-its-kind conference focused on equity and access within social services for people and animals experiencing homelessness. Hear from experts in the fields of emergency housing, social services and animal welfare on everything from supporting the human-animal bond and advocacy for low-barrier policies to animal health and safety and building community partnerships. Enjoy curated storytelling segments, interactive activities and loads of giveaways.

$35 – $120

Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!

Virtual

AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie's Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You'll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you'll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

Free

Webinar – 3/3/21 – Successful Animal Management Program in Regional Australia: Lessons learned from a multi–agency approach – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

Virtual

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Building a successful animal management program from the ground up is challenging at the best of times but throw in the mix a low socio-economic area, poor trust in AMOs, limited resources, and a long history of high enforcement. Understanding the needs of a community, difficulties in an area as well as taking a multi-agency approach to a pilot animal management program has lead to amazing success for a regional Local Government in Australia. Gaining the trust of the community became the key to creating a successful working relationship.

Free

Webinar – 3/3/21 – Focus on Tooth Resorption and Stomatitis – VDOS (fee applies)

Virtual

VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will focus on the two most frustrating dental and oral conditions in cats, namely tooth resorption and stomatitis. The potential causes of these conditions will be discussed. Tips and tricks how to extract resorbing teeth will be shared, and various treatment options (medical and surgical) for feline stomatitis will be reviewed. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

$39.99

Online Course – 3/4/21 – CARAT™: Ethology of the Individual – Suzanne Clothier (fee applies)

Virtual

Suzanne Clothier Presents (fee applies): Did you miss CARAT last time? Here's your chance to join us and find out why people say, "CARAT changes everything!" CARAT is a novel temperament assessment system that categorizes behavior traits in multiple components that are intuitive and practical. CARAT is truly a game changer that will alter how you assess, understand and work with dogs.

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Online Conference – 2/28/21 to 3/5/21 – OAVT 2021 Conference – OAVT (fee applies)

Virtual

OAVT Presents (fee applies): The Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT) is proud to present the annual OAVT Conference in a virtual format. With best-in-class speakers from across North America, the OAVT 2021 Conference features over 40 hours of CE!

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